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By Sarah Vogelsong CP Reporter Through a year of changeable weather, including a seemingly endless winter, a stormy spring, and a typically steamy summer, county fire and rescue remained dependable, fielding more than 6,000 calls in 2014. Continuing a seven-year trend in both call volume and type, roughly 90 percent of those calls were for emergency medical service rather than fires. Fire departments were dispatched to about one-third of

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By Sarah Vogelsong CP Reporter Through a year of changeable weather, including a seemingly endless winter, a stormy spring, and a typically steamy summer, county fire and rescue remained dependable, fielding more than 6,000 calls in 2014. Continuing a seven-year trend in both call volume and type, roughly 90 percent of those calls were for emergency medical service rather than fires. Fire departments were dispatched to about one-third of

By Sarah Vogelsong CP Reporter The Planning Commission gave the thumbs-up to a plan that would install a cable guardrail between the renovated Caroline High School and Route 207 for safety reasons. The guardrail, which will be built to Virginia Department of Transportation standards, will stretch along most of the front of the school, between the exit and entry lanes to the front parking lot. A rendering of the

By Sarah Vogelsong CP Reporter For many Caroline residents, what the county’s next superintendent says and how may be just as important as what he or she does. Good communication was what Madison representative Shawn Kelley described as the “consistent overall theme” in all 193 comments submitted by respondents to a survey circulated by the School Board regarding qualifications of the new superintendent. The School Board met in a

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By Scott Richards CP Correspondent The Caroline Cavaliers boys basketball team defeated the Monacan Chiefs 53-50 in the semifinals of the Conference 20 tournament Tuesday night. Due to school closings because of snow, there will be no championship game. Both semifinal winners will go to the regional playoffs. When tournament time rolls around, every team that plays and is the least bit successful steps up their level of play,

By Scott Richards CP Correspondent In the beginning of the 2014-15 boys basketball season, the Caroline Cavaliers took the Midlothian Trojans to task with a score of 66-41. With a season of experience behind them and the stakes a little higher, the game played Monday in Milford was much more competitive, with Caroline winning 59-49 the first game of the Conference playoffs. With this victory, the Cavaliers were scheduled

By Scott Richards CP Correspondent The 58-37 loss by the Lady Cavaliers to the Glen Allen Jaguars this week in the Conference playoffs brought two ends to Caroline High School Athletics. The first was the end of the girls’ 2014-15 basketball season, but the more important closing is the career of Caroline’s star point guard, Jazmen Moore. It did not end the way she probably wanted, but a strong

By Sarah Vogelsong CP Reporter For 18 years, town councils have come and gone in Port Royal, shifting with the currents of public opinion, but one face has remained steady: that of town clerk Terri Harrison. “Pretty much anything (the Council) wants to know, I can find it,” said Harrison. Depending on their location, town clerks wear a variety of hats and oversee a variety of responsibilities. Sometimes those

By Lisa Gattie CP Correspondent Mathematician, scientist, and historian Reginald Arthur Beverly celebrated 100 years of life on January 31. Born in Ruther Glen in 1915, family and friends of Beverly gathered at the Carmel School in Ruther Glen to celebrate the intriguing life of this impressive centenarian. A World War II veteran, Beverly makes light of his lengthy list of life accomplishments. He was drafted in the Army

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Ongoing *The food pantry at Bowling Green United Methodist Church is open on the third Thursday of every month. Doors open at 5 p.m. for registration. Food will be distributed from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. *All-You-Can-Eat Salt Herring Breakfast, sponsored by the Madison Ruritan Club, 18206 Timothy Lane, Ladysmith. Salt herring, scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, fried apples, biscuits, juice, and coffee will be available. $8 from 6 – 8:30

By Greg Glassner CP Correspondent Reading a book may be the last thing you think of in the month of March, a time when spring finally gets here and we emerge from our winter cocoons. For this reason alone, it may be the perfect time to remind us that our excellent Caroline County libraries are much more than a repository for books. Caroline Reads is the Caroline Library’s month-long

Ongoing *The food pantry at Bowling Green United Methodist Church is open on the third Thursday of every month. Doors open at 5 p.m. for registration. Food will be distributed from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. *All-You-Can-Eat Salt Herring Breakfast, sponsored by the Madison Ruritan Club, 18206 Timothy Lane, Ladysmith. Salt herring, scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, fried apples, biscuits, juice, and coffee will be available. $8 from 6 – 8:30